Online Grade Access – Parents can check their child’s grades online at http://ps.vail.k12.az.us. To sign up for a free account, please contact the front office, at (520) 879-2102.
1 to 1 – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students have chromebooks assigned to them throughout the day. They use them in conjunction with lessons to maximize their skills in technology and better prepare them for middle school.
Schoology – A computerized learning management system. Each student at Mesquite has an account where they can submit assignments and homework. Parents and students can communicate after school hours with their teachers through this platform.
BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. – An animated curriculum based online resource that provides engaging computerized educational materials in all subject areas. This program is available to Kinder-5th grade students and can be utilized in the computer lab, as well as in the classroom.
Study Island – A computerized test preparation program that targets specific state standards in the areas of Math and Reading. This program is available to 2nd-5th grade students and is utilized both in classrooms and the computer lab.
HeadSprout – An online, computerized program for students in kindergarten and first grade. It is an intensive phonics based reading program aimed toward students who fall far below grade level in reading. Eighty computer based lessons are supplemented with books and posters to keep track of how students are progressing.
Typing Agent – A computerized typing program in which students learn and practice basic keyboarding skills. Students begin this program in 3rd grade and continue to use it through 5th grade.
Gilly’s News Network (GNN) – This is our student-staffed closed circuit television system that is used to produce and air live announcements three days a week. 5th grade students audition for the Broadcast Team at the beginning of the year and learn the skills needed to present school-wide live television broadcasts.
Beyond Textbooks – To prepare Mesquite students to excel in 21st century skills requires excellent teachers, quality instruction, the necessary technical equipment, and the support of the community. It is our goal to have projectors, audio enhancement systems, classroom responders, and screens in every Mesquite classroom. Teachers and students are also using document cameras in their classrooms.

Mesquite Elementary School